I agree with the last part. America is an international joke now. It is the punchline to jokes. HOWEVER, I do not discount that change can happen suddenly. Systemic change? Maybe. I was pleasantly surprised to see what happened in the Sahel when France was kicked out by three countries- Niger, Mali and Burkinabe – 1 after the other. Then the US military was kicked out of Niger , Even more surprising. Then the French puppet in Senegal was thrown out of office.
I was so surprised by all these changes in a short space of time, I am now willing to be open to the idea that something CAN happen in US to stop us all in our tracks.